Life is good sometimes

[martin6]

I kinda wanted to share with y'all a really cool thing that happened in Seattle today. I manage a coffee shop, and my shop stayed open for 24 hours today for the sole reason of supporting the LGBT community.

So I was able to witness history with the first signings of marriage licenses in Washington to LGBT couples. Big ole lesbians, twinky boys, trans boys and girls, bears, dudes, ladies, women, and sassy girls alike came downtown to get married to their partners. They started lining up at around 10 p.m., in anticipation of the first signings of marriage licenses at midnight.

Hetero couples came down in the middle of the night to show support and love to the couples waiting in line for licenses (and the baristas!), and some even brought their kids to witness the event and learn from it.

We baristas made hundreds of people waiting for hours in line for marriage licenses REALLY happy by being open 24 hours and giving drink specials and just being there in the first place. Estimates were that 50 licenses would be signed per hour throughout the early morning hours. Lots of couples took tickets with an estimated time for their license signing. People were looking for warmth and support starting at midnight while waiting for their 3 or 4 a.m. time to come around. We were there for them.

I had a ton of fun with my fellow baristas for 13 hours today. The shifts were volunteer positions, and it was great to come together with my coworkers to support marriage equality. And, of course, we all made some dolla dolla billz y'all.

Now if this same thing could happen about 41 more times across the country, life would be great.

Oh, and this is what I got to wear all day:

[Ram]

You are awesome.

[evanrick]

half of Seattle is getting gay-married tonight.... to the other half.

[ravenstar]

I think that's just beautiful & reading about the couples & families made a tad smiley.

[Joshua_me]

Hey, Sam !

I don't post much here anymore, but I wanted to give a shout out to you and congratulate you on your road to success you are finding in Seattle, (I had NO doubt that you would...) And for the great things you are doing for our community.

In case I don't post again in the near future, I wish you all the love and luck in the world and the very best wishes for a happy holiday for you and yours. (((hug)))

Your cyber-pal and fellow DMB freak,

Joshua

[Hard-up1]

Good grief! NOW I have to sew new buttons on my shirt, you made me so proud! (It's usually the pants when you post pics. )

What a great guy!

[star-warrior]

Yay!

[TheFallenAsexual]

You rock, dude. And I LOVE that you wore that all day.

Such a happy story! And a part of history.

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BTW, are you single?

[reone]

Wonderful .

[borg69unimatrix]

Great story - and you're adorable!

[mikey3000]

Kinda gives me that nice, warm, gushy feeling all over. So nice!

[sixthson]

I'll give you some dolla billz to stop wearing that tiara.

One question for you, Sam--have any of the dozens of guys you proposed to, accepted your offer of marriage?

[Ram]

I'll give you some dolla billz to stop wearing that tiara.

One question for you, Sam--have any of the dozens of guys you proposed to, accepted your offer of marriage?

Erh me. I hesitated for a while but meh, I can live with that.

[ibill1]

You make us proud that you are a Jubber. You look great. Up the street, people were smoking weed now that it is also legal. Washington has over taken my state as the most progressive on the west coast.

[LilBit]

Aww, Sam-Sam. This thread just makes Li'l Bit love you even more.

[Beachguyj]

Yay!

You look like Romney's VP.

and yes, when life is good it's great.

[justaguy]

Life is good sometimes! It is too.

[bobobo]

I must truly be gay. I hadn't noticed martin6's tiara till sixthson mentioned it.

[RazorzEdge88]

This is all heart-warming and fuzzy, but all I can think about right now is how I want to explode on Sam like a composite volcano.

[umjreon88]

OP is just too cute and awesome!

[maxpowr9]

You better had some sexy pumps although that would be killer on your feet for 13 hours.

[Telstra]

That was fun too read.
mmm coffee customer service ....

[SLOPPYSECONDS]

life alway a cans a good
but it no da game plan a human lands world ova

so any life planet help it

Kool

[martin6]

Sorry to bump my own thread-- how embarrassing!-- but today was the first day same-sex couples could actually get married in WA. I kinda can't get over these pix.

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/histori...ote-slideshow/

[reone]

Ugh, so beautiful. My favorite two pictures from the gallery:





So amazing to see.

[bankside]

Congratulations. Being free and equal feels good, doesn't it?

[martin6]

Ugh, so beautiful. My favorite two pictures from the gallery:

So amazing to see.

Yeah, I love that pic of Rep. Pedersen, too. It was great to have so many politicians support marriage equality during the election season.

I asked one of my regular customers how his week was and he replied: "Amazing. I just woke up Thursday morning and was legally married." They had gotten married in Canada almost two decades ago, but it wasn't recognized in his home state until just this week

[JayHawk]

Awesome.... a 20 year First Class Machinist finally able to enjoy all of the benefits of a marriage in the country she fought for....

[reone]

A lot of the couples seemed to be older. I wonder how many of them knew this day would come for them .

[Sausy]

Very proud of you, Sam and all your crew who participated in some very important history for the gay community. Good on you and you also rocked that tiara!